good morning, america. and this morning, recovery. e fed issues its most optimistic vw yet on the state of the economy. the recession may be ending, but at what price? >> hillary clinton in the hot . she compares nigeria's pololiti to the conontrtroversial bush/g electionere in the u.s. did she go t far? a well-knownasketball coach accused of out of bound s beha i don't off the court. rick pitino on the sex scanned that will could sideli him. and taieded fruit? are e you eating pesticides wit every bite othat peach? the governments new warnings on what's really in the produce the governments new warnings on what's really in the produce section. captions paid for by abc, c.

alongside chris cuo i'm robin roberts. diane sawyer is off on ts thursday, augu 13th. mixeignals from the economy, we're seeing signs we're pullingut of the recession but it cts big timeme. >> so many programs, so much spending, $1.27 trillion deficit, the biggestts ever >> b but the fed ging us the best report t card in over a ye. >> true. good n news they left the leing rates loan whi means bore owers in the drivers seat. >> bianna golodrygaive from e new yorktock exchae, what's t the big headline? >> repor good morning. chrman can move marks,boy, ed did get confirmationf that yesterday. the fed chairmanan gave the mara doebl dose of good news, by one keepininterest rateses unchanged at near 0% and by confirming from the markeket hpens beenn suspectingthe e ro to e economic appears to be stabilizi,

getting better than expec news from constrtruction, manucturing data a and most importantly,weechbl a reduction in the rate of pink slipissued throughout the country but also remember, this is a cocoumer-driven recession, so it's very important to fol le stocks. mamay i hahave's reported bette than expecd earnings yesterday but if you look where they reported betr earningsgs,hey were cutting costs. we need to see eararnings from making money. walmart today, a big consumer bellwether, so far theyanaged to withstand the recession zblst reco defit, is that the c recovery? >> reporter: we've been issues ious in this country, $1.27 illion, you heard from fm chris, ten zeros, to bre it down, $17,000 per family four in country, has people concerned in may arorod the cornrner. ben bernanke e said the goverert doave an exi strateg with gardo the ilons of dollars th pumpeped intohe system so fa >> another possible downside here, escially if you think

about buying a home, mtgage rates. >> reporter: thas right a double-edged sword, the fed starts easing and buying back u.s. treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, you're probably gng to see mortgage rates go up, sweechbl that the past few weeks and foreclosures at a record high in july, compared t lt year. sothat's se native news, especiallyince wre seeing g the housing market begin to recover. >> a bitf mixed bag. >> bianna, thank you.l take it. >>some other politic news, secretary of state hillary clinn is making more waves on her africa trip, speaking in n gia on wednesday s a apparently comped that nation's's corruption and e ee lech ektal problems with disputed 20000 presidential election n here in the u. now, did that cross the line? senior white house correspondent ja tper is in washington. he's following this this morning. good morning, jake. >> r reporter: good morning, chris. that's right, the seconme ththis week the nation's top diplomat accusused of making undiplomatic remarks.

in nigerinigeria, theand of cor electithe secretary of statatete tried to push the memess tj embracacing violence after a uted elelection is never the ananswer buthen she saidid this. >> o democracy is still evolving we had allll kinds o problems i sosome of our past elections a you might remembmber in2000, ourur presidential elon came down to one state erere the brother of the man running for presidwas the governor of the state, so we >> reporter: republicans comparing the florida recount to the kind of wholale fraud you snee nigeria. govern bush is decraning to weigh in on this ill-advised comments, said spokesman for former governo jeb but wishes s secretary shrink a safe and successful trip. >> e where you tritticize your country is dermines the auththority the governrnment. >> reporter: atate department spokesman said clinton w was merely trying to push the idea

of accepting a flawed result afteter a dispute rather than resorting to violence. there are still some who think gore won more vote said the spokemanan, people still raise questions out hanging chads, we'retill arguiuingy the but eventually vice president gore accepted theresults, yielded and paved the way for president bush's inauguration and some foreignsy policy people feel clinton did the right thing. >> we americans e we're not all countries s have problems. >> reporter: these comments just in the conongo steamed take ton offense when asked how her husband felt abo china'sffer of a lone to that country. >> my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. >> after the commementnts on mo everybody's watchihing her like hawk. >> reporter: the whiteouse says they back secretary clinton 0%, just pointing out the same argument that president obama made in ghana that it's important for losers to get past chris? the election move on.

>> jake, from politics to policy, you have ns on healtlth care reform front. thisattle about information versus disiormation. what have you h heard a aboutut administtion this morning. >> reporter: we have a an exclusive e rert the fact that the administration itired and feels victimized viral e mays that merged seemingly out o nowhere spreading misinformation about health caree refo and other issues launchingng a vira e-mail of their own from whitet axelrod outlining i in h view needed and urgtly ndndrms ght common myths about reform and also links to a web video where thwhite house e health and takes apart of the tructs opponents viral e-mails talking about all of the myths within . >> that's s the babale online. thanks for theeporting this morng. >>many of you talked t to us how you don't unrstand what's in the plan yet but you a very concerned. so, we bring in ourhief

dical ediditor dr. tim johnson. let's art with ththis. fourur big points of contention. numbmber one the idea about dea papane that this plan is going to decideho lives and dies. legit? >> not at all legigite. so-called advanced care plaings pro visn allowining patien, who want it, vuntary t to have a consultation wh their h health care profession always every five yearstalk about directives and living wil that mit help them planor the future as they're getting olde. i stress it's entirely voluntary. not at allandatory. most surveys s show seniors wan is desperately from th doctors and only very fewet it. this will y doctors t toake thtime, make the effort to do it. i thk when seniors finut what thihis is really about they'll welcome it. icu wiwith tubes sticking out, simply prolonging death and this

pro vision will help that a lot . >> s so the choice that you mak is not tied to the money y you regret insurance? not at all. >>boorgs, very controveral. do any of the reform proposals thatou read so far sgest paying f aboions witur tax dollars? >> none ofof them say abortions should or could bebe paid r with tax dollars, in fac an amendment on one that prots that. however, you look at the language, it gets mplicated. it's not crystal clear were or not th could happen with a so-called public option anand en subsidized by governnt maybe hte abortion would be d. have to aner this as uncertain. i'm sure more bate, more clarification. >> and part of an umbrella issue, how muccovered here, catastrophe policicy or payin when youou have ahangnail. medicare, a l lot of seniors ar worried that this ne reform policy will somehow cut off their gh to get medicare, could jeopardize that.

>> not ahing in there that suggests that. dicare's been around sinince 1965s we all know. it's a government program in terms ofof financing, the government colctand disburses the many, pay your bibills, senior citizens, butt senior citizenens haveve a comp righght to choose their own more c choices aually than some private plans whichit the doctctors you u can goto that's's here to stay. what senioiors aearing that seems to w worry t them that president obama talks about ref d of waste and worried his waste might be t their need. we should k keep an eye onhings. if you don't donything to medica and get rid of the waste e the costwill go out off control andd some year there wil be no medicare avavailableor seniors, we desperately need to do this. >> the biggest political implications, all this democratic plan makgeople pay for other people, this is socialism. that that's what's going to

sociized society because owowar yoyou're making the strong pay r the e weakndaise allhe o our tax bills. we already pay for peoeople that d't have insurance, we pay indirectltly b true socialalized medicine means th opererates the spitals. t owns d that is no going to happen in this couny. we're going to have a public/private partnership nebacker medica, perfect example and for people terrified of the re of the governmnment i bringp thehe examplef the airline indury. it's very private, very competitive but it'seaeavily regulated by the govovernmt when you get on a plane you know that plane has bn inspected, the country.y.where in the yoyou know that pilot's gone ththrough the same kind ofof training. so y're assured of safety in h countryry 100,000 people de medicall eors every year bebeuse our government is not involved enough in the assuring of safety and standard ieszing. we'll end up with a g goo public/private industry if can use at word, the goverernment involved but a lot of free

chce. >> chief medical editor, thank you. big de, gogood to get information out ere of thank you u very much. to weekend anchor katete sn, she's followining the oer big story of the morning, the latest on a florida couple that was >> we begiwi that. good mning. the new chargn the murders bid and melanie billilings kwn for doopting special needs children, seven suspects ges.s.ed on first degree murder they are expected to plead not guililty today. several of them could f face the death penalty if coicted. investigators yobbery appears totoe the motivive for e no n northern california at least 300 homes ordereded evu e evacuated as this wildfire burns out t of conolouth of san francisco ht flames could be seen 100 mile as way. more than 1,1,000 acres have burned since last night. >> u.s. marineses meeti fierce resistance as they fight to control a town in southern afghan, trying to security it before nexextweek presidential elon and meantime the

taliban stepping up atabs on civians, 14 haveve died since yestery in roadside bombibing zwls. >> this morning govement officials in scotlanand are denying reporteds that one of men convicted for the bombing in 1988 of pan am 10 is abouto b be leaeased from priso. media repororts in briritain sa abdelbase it mrahi will be leas because he has prostate cancer but a scottish official said no decioionn will be made until next weekek. >> former vice president dic tell all in the upcoming memoir. according to "the shington post" cheneyelling colleagues that president bush turned way fromissed vice during h second term. he's also criticized president bush, according to kser permanen, for givingen to blic opipinion and ging what eneney described io aypical politician. d finally, it was like christmas in august at bes buy on wednesday. d u ar about this? pele lined up to buy a 52-inch seen tv because it listed

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> that is your forecast. paul, thank you. and now thetory of a 17-yeaold ohio girl who says her conversion from islam to christiani caused a major, lelet's just say, d didn't g go well with her family. so m much , she says her father ththreatened to kill her a a poinint of honor. david ir has been following this. >> reporter: sounds so ereme. thohio teeger now fears for her life, she says because her ther was furious about her switch tochchristianity. she hopped on a bu to florida to stay y wi aastor andis wife smemet online and s state auauthorities have t her int custody and they try to figure out if going he would be safefe.

at just 17-year-old rifkaa fear christianity.om islam to etly her family learned ofer new fafaith on her postitings on fabook. she e said her father threatete to kill her, an honorilling forbandonin her m muslim upbringing. >> i'm a christian, if they love d more than me they haveo do this. i'm fightingng fory life. you u don't understand. theyon't understand. >> repter: t the 1717-year-old n on a bus t florida. getetting after meeting a pastorn his >> i had toide my bible for sti years, i had to outside to pray when my dad was asleep. i snuck out to christian pyer memeetings in for my life. finally this dayay cam when i cn

fronted my dad. >> reporter: at a custody hearing she hadhe had no other choice but t to runway. heher attorn sherd fears are real and more comn than pple >> an increasing core group who honor murder their daughters, certainly for leaving iam but they murder them forrefusing to wear hijab for becomintoo >> reporter: the teen's family is t tryinto get her back. her father flew toto florida, court.g the aegations in >>id you threateten quill your daughteter? >> no, no. >> reporteter: thelorida cououp who took her in did lk. tellg us they y are convinced her fears e real. i it became vale whehen we wen to c courtnd she saw her dad. she almost curled up in a fetal position. she ben to shake. she was in fear f her li. >> r reporter: quite a scene in court. the e father didid not want to n camera did you tell us h his ow bestriend was christian, he would neveparticipate in an honor killing, not part of the islam he practices. aid he loves her daughter

and wants her back. the department of florida family servicesas ctodydy of ththe gir as they try t to decide what'ss goodor her. >> s's in cuody. thank you very much. keep an e on this for us. > it' complicated with when the state gets involved and s segue in t the s snoeshgs. the custody dispute othe 8-year-old b boy tak by his mother to italy, nowow living i an orphanage and w went looking for r answers and the italian courts are s saying they won' give him up to his f fatherntil he's had therapy. mimiguel marquezs on the ground in italy loong into this for us. >> reporter: good morning, chris. this does se like a very complicate case but ithe end it is simple, all about wt's in the besinterestof tha 8-year-old boy torn betweenwo parents and two countries. li mccarty,, 8-year-old boy, cauaught in the middle. >> handled many complicated

cases, this onef the worst. >> rorter: for the last five months he's been in the case ever social services in italy, his italian mother rul unfit by courts in u.s. and italy, his gam's chris cuomo on wednesd says, he feels helpless to g ge his son back. >> he's not doingery well. he has deterioratated. >> rorter: michael m mccccarty' lawyerer here, , the compmplica and the e u.s.,, nearlyy isntir fe. troubled cld.e'sn extmely >> the f fact thahat t the chil damaged emt, the court tized and believeshat he has too undergo therapy. >> reporte liam's mother manuela antonellili dgnosed with munchausen syndrome, where they se treatment foror nonexistt diseases took liam to italy

despite a court order and never returneded. the fbi put r on the l list of pareal kidnappers. despite hohow cplicated this court case is, his lawyer say she's optimistic itt will be resolveded in mccarty's favor. she saidtill take time, perhaps month, e even a year. >> miguell tha y. not make seno me.his case does we'll stayn it very hard. >> yes, we will. coming up, rick piti, college basketball coach, apologizing for his ou of bounds behavior. can he save his job at louiille?e? i nnot be one of the 61 milillion americans who do not refill their prescriptions on time. readyfill at cvs pharmacy and reminds me to pick them up. you mean, reminds me to pick them up.p. [ chuckles ] stop by yoyour loc cvs pharmacy to if readyfill is r right for you, and get a $25 coup book. readyfill, only at cvs pharmacy.

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because of the showers that blew through. we're sitting at the lows so far for the day. we'll have sun to try to boost temperatures this morning. you can see we've got clouds shrouded to the north, south, and back to the west. essentially this frontal boundary is trying to push its way across the eastern shore and it's going to get stuck. while we have a northerly breeze trying to filter in slightly cooler, drier air there will be showers and thunderstorms that develop this afternoon. especially on the eastern shore, maybe a few around town. 83 is our two-degree guarantee but stuck in the upper 70s in carroll and northern baltimore county. fog overnight. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> as we check here at the outer loop at liberty road you see traffic is moving just a little slow as you make your way down towards the baltimore national pike. no incidents, that's pretty much just volume delays there. it will clear out probably as you move way down towards the route 70 interchange. a couple of incidents in the arbutus/halethorpe, oakland

road and june road. east baltimore, quad avenue and north point boulevard. jfx and northern parkway, a little volume southbound towards the downtown area but traffic is moving along very nicely. back become with a morning news -- we'll be right back with a morning news update.

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i am here today bececause i personally apologized to my mily every s single day. i let them down withy indiscretion six yeaears ago.o. and i'sorry for at.. >> that is renowned college basketball coach rick pitino apologizing for the sex scandal thatat brought a cloud over his futurere at thuniversity of louisvil. will he bebe able to keepep his? that's something we'llalk about in t this half hour as we say y good morning, america, alonongside i'm chris, ri'robin dianhas the day off. >> big ne in sports > we have a consumer alert, disturbing iormation about the levels of pesticides in our we'll run down theirty dozezen, want to stay away from a tell o you how to keep youour family safe.

>> to rick pitino, the university of louisville basketball coa making headlines off the court. the coach now aitting too an indiscretion i 2003 thatt led to allegatis of sexual assault and now his accuser has beenn charged th extortion. esespn's kelly i isn louisville with the latest. >> reporter: good mornrning. in order to try t to deaith the the sportsts headlines and air waves over t theast two ys, louiuisville head basketball c ririck pitino tried to stop the prses by addressing the mia on wednesday night. pitino saythese days, he stard to take some of the advice that hehe's been preachi to his players in hisis last 30 years of coaching. >> wn you have a prproblem, if you ll the truth, your p problem comemes part of your st. if youlie, it becomes partt o your fututure.e. >> reporter: universitity of louisville head basketball coach rick pitino broke h his silence wednesy allegations tt he sexually assault former mod

karen sypher in 20. pitino said they had conseual x at t this restaurant. the married fare of five apologed to his family. >> i let them wn with my and d i'm sorry f for that. i told them thatvery sgle day. >> reporter: on tuesy, p pole documents reveall t that about three weweek after they had sex syphpher claimed she w wasregna an was contemplalating have ann abortion. initial news reports claimed tino gave he$3,000 for an abortion but pitinooold an invevestigator hthought itas for health insurancnce. sypher had anrtion and later r demands grew. >> ms. sypher went to coffee and said if he didid not pay her millions she would do what she's doing now. >> reporter: overime in tord keep her silence, sypher's demands reportedly grew up to $10 million and in may, she was

indied on charges of extortion and lyg to the fbi. sypher maiains she is the victim >> every day there is aew piece to my putz. and when t this puzzle is put together the whole world will l knknow the truths. >> repororter: pitino, meanwhil says h he'confident his name will be cleared and will continue to do what he loves >> as long as they'll have me i'm going to coach here, iove the game, my players and loev this university anthis community. > reporter: louisville polic and prosecutors say they will not seek to press charges against pitino citing a lack of evence and credibility in sypher's claims. meanwhile, piti's attorneyy says he's asked the fedederal cour to expedite the case thh the system, but rorobin,n, as you can imagi pitino and his attoeyope this case goes to trial before thbasketball season begins. >> w wl before tn. kelly, tnk you very mumuch for your portining, appreciate that.

and rick pitinosxpressed that ago and every day has asksked f their forgiveness. earlier i spoke with espn dio's mike greenberg and mike golic of "mike & mike in the moing" of ththeir take. guys thank you for joining usus. let me ask y you this first greeny, will rick pity noi weather this storm?? >> i think he will i sports and most other businesses your leash about as lonong as your track record and that's ormous, hehe had the number one n niem ameri st yeaear intoto the ncaa tournament. if they he was coach whose job security wasn't so good goi into somethi like this he might not bubut a guy like ric i pitino will be absole flien. > golic what do youour liste say? >> you're gettinboth sides of the coin her some sayy he made a mistak you forgive him, others say this es repeprehensie merngt youngng men like this.

the problem as you go forwd, rerememberhe has to recruit kids to play there and he he's going to have e theseuys their living room with the parent and try expln to them a will it be tid or the parent that he's going to have to decide to convince that what i did, i still want y your kid at our any university.t lifeline of golic, he didn't donything illegal d coaches in t pt who have h indiscretions and differencece here?hat's the >> that's a great question, thtt could be u up to louisville d people that t run that s school because in othther school you ha presidenents sayg, t integrity of the school, this is one of the leade of the school, they'reupposed toto uphd.moralse seen coaches get fed and t that is t next area that to look into and will fall on the leads are of that school, did he break that code in any contract that

is not cut and dry but an area of gray area and i thi that worth looking into becausere have been coaches fired who have done nothi >> what do you fwhi that, law. greeny? >> i think, i'll go back to wt i firssaid, rick pitinino i is such a sucssful guy, h he'e's s the ce of that entire unersityty, that i think he atatrs the storm. a lesserfigure, they might say, you know, what it's not w wort puing up with whatever they'll have to put up theesults of it. i don't think he'll losee that ch in recruing and forgotten about a year from now if he e takes his team to the final four. >> you have a busy morning like we do thank you fo stopping by and talkinwith us. we appciate your insight. >> good see you, robin, thks. >> theirir phones lines are buzzing about at pitino does not fac charges, say he's been very forthdright s in cominforward and giving them all of the information he can. >> the sittion not that unusuabut way he's dealt with it is. >> he's come forward. > latest r you on michael

jackson.n. someme shocking word this is morninabout jackson, his character an alleged dru use and his children and it all reportrtedly comes frorom jacks own brother, jermaine. s lisa fletcher joins usow with the latest. lisa? >> reporter: good mornrning, chriris. the muy world of the jacksons is filled with more contradictions this mornining a author s stacey browand jermaine jackson go head to head over weweather jermaine took serious ots at his brother, michael in an unpublished explosive book. shocking words about michael jackson in anunpublished tell the-all bookok allegedly written by his own brothther jermaine >> michael's a monster jermaine said. >> reporter: author stacy brown told "entertainment tonight" they whaes ghostwrir 2003 bombshell book and his job to write the words h zblf he said my brother's not what t the wor thinks. he drinks, he lies. my brother is wealthy but he

does drugs, he cheats, he changeged his skin color. >> reporter: in2003, jermaine told cnn's larryry king he was ina book with brown. >> r read it -- canan we go tha extra mile, willi to support a book -- >> reporter: in 2006, jackson denied reports to larry king that the book contatained salacious details saying brown deliberatetely lied and"i'l tel what you there are som sick peop out thererend they saw my love and my supportor my mily a michael a they want to u me." showbiz 41 report es sd he >> we're having a whole revised version of the jackson family. in 2003, they were all completely on the outs with michael and jermaine was very angry y and bitteter and needed money despsperately. >> reporter:ermaine says hess original idea for a book never got picked upp byy plish es because itit didn't contain any di. brown claims it didn't happen cause michchael found out aut the explosive tell-all and went

ballisc, teaning tcut jermaine offnd squashing puishing prospects. saying haes jermaine's w worden onon tape proving he didn't mak any this upup. >> thahankou very much, appreciate t that. time for t the weather at 3 minutes past the , mr. sam chchampion is out, paull deanno from komo in seattle is here. good to see you, my friend. good mornining to you.u. take you to hawaii, doesn't that sound nice, but we have rainfall to talk b remnants of felicia dropped in spots about f four inches of rainfall and some record rainfall in honolulu, no wind damage, no major damage but the tropics active in the atlantic. opical depression number two yesterday, tt's breaking up, the tropipical wave behind it tt may turn outut to be the song one and likely to bececome the firsmed storm the atlalantic season. still hot, bismarck 9595 and triple

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good morning. 7:56. we had rain early this morning and fog as a result in places like carroll county's westminster. that's lifting up, we have a little hazy sky, partly sunny and 67 degrees. their winds shifted to the northeast. they are behind the frontal boundary. the front that is actually trying to stall out against central and eastern maryland. we have this frontal boundary to deal with with slightly cooler air working its way on the north side, chance of showers developing on the eastern shore this afternoon. take you to downtown baltimore. we're stuck in the mix. cooler 83 this afternoon, that's our two-degree guarantee with a small chance of an

isolated thundershower popping up. we'll keep the threat of a shower as well with more clouds and 78 in parkton. 80s around the eastern shore. 86 easton with better chance of afternoon storms. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> if you normal travel 95 southbound through the whitemarsh boulevard area be glad you're still home and not in this. we have a crash blocking the left lane, that has traffic slow from before the crash and it's going to be very heavy as you make your way towards the beltway. give yourself plenty of time if you have to head 95 southbound towards the beltway and 895 split, in that direction. still some incidents in the area, a crash in arbutus, oakland avenue at june road. a crash at quad avenue and north point boulevard. in bel air, a crash, route 22 at campus hills drive. jfx at northern parkway, you can see traffic is pretty good southbound but traffic is a little heavy there. we'll be right back with more "good morning america" next.

"good morning america" continues with toddler beauty pageants. do they cross the line? we put your questions to one pageant mom, plus what former baby beauty queens have to say about the circuit now that they're all grown up. and give that man a hard hat. chris cuomo, that's me, tearing down walls on the toughest job assignment yet. plus, they rocked our summer concert series, now one of these jonas brothers joins us live to kick off a special event happening this morning. >> i have all of the words memorized. you can't put down the magazine. i'll cry again. >> it's out on friday, tomorrow. >> "people" magazine, read it.

i know i do. good morning, it's thursday, august 13th. diane is off today. >> one more alarm clock. just one more. all right. ahead this morning also, secret beauty products. you can find around your home, why coca cola, kool-aid, aspirin may become your go-to products. we'll explain. great financial information. so many figure how to budget. it's very difficult. we have a pro who will show us how to manage our money and you woebt need the expensive financial plan. >> mellody hobson to the rescue. very excited to have the breakout inninging sensation with us. she's oxana, she's here, new romance with oscar winner mel gibson and this morning debuting her new single with us. her first live television performance. you'll be woud and you'll hear her in our final half hour. following a lot of news, let's go to kate snow. >> good morning again. despite recent good news about the housing market a record

number of americans are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. a report out this morning finds more than 360,000 homes received foreclosure filings last month, that is up 7% from june and up 32% from the same time last year. as fors overall economic pike tur, the federal reserve appears the downturn has hit bottom, consumer spending and corporate inventories continue to stabilize. sarah palin is taking on president obama in a battle over health care saying the president is quote making light of concerns about a provision in the house bill that would pay doctors for consulting with patients about end of life care. palin says because of pressure to reduce health care spending it's no wonder some might view those consultations as a way to minimize end of life care but president contends the provision is voluntary and no one will force a senior to make a choice based on cost. new details in the murder of

bud and melanie billings the company known for adopting children with special need. seven suspects due in court and jeffrey kofman in pensacola with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. this double murder moves into court today as key suspects make an appearance but we don't know for sure what their motive was. today, these seven men are due here in a court to face formal arraignment on july 9th killing of bud and melanie billings, the parents of nine adopt children with special needs. the suspects face new charges, two counts of first degree murder and one of home invasion robbery after surveillance cameras captured intruders dressed in black entering the family home. if convicted several of the men could face the death penalty unlder florida law. >> if somebody is the person who actually had the gun and pulled the triller and killed somebody, they are much more likely to get the death penalty. >> reporter: according to court documents two suspects say this man, 35-year-old patrick

gonzalez, jr. is the organizers and the man who pulleded trig e. >> if you charge seven individuals with first degree murder most likely in a normal situation they'll be at least two of three individuals who will work out a deal. >> reporter: motive still appears to be robbery after a swafs stole frnt house. but little of value was found in it. left behind was another safe, in it, $164,000. adding even more mystery is the role of this man, henry "cab" tice a so-called person of interest in the case. is involvement is unclear but he was arrested last thursday on an unrelated charges. you may remember that the sheriff in this case has said there is an aspect he can't talk about but called it a humdinger. a few weeks ago he said the stuff of movie scripts, now that the suspects have lawyers a state will reveal the evidence and we may finally know what the sheriff has been talking about. kate? >> okay. thank you. we have a new message from

the two american journalists pardoned after being sentenced to hard labor in north korea. laura ling and euna lee appeared on current tv to thank everyone who supported them and would love to share some of their story but they're focusing for now on time with family. . >> and how many times in one monaco you go on vacation, huh? jetblue is now offering an all-you-can-fly uponly pass. 599, unlimited traflt on the airline from september 8th to october 8th. but you don't get any frequent flyer miles. >> oh! >> that's the catch, robin, sorry. that is the news. now at 8:05. you would have done it, but for that. the weather and paul deanno, in for sam. >> good morning to you on a cloudy, humid morning in new york city. check out this dad right there, not only is he holding up one of his kids, he's got both of his kids, very strong biceps and sore back come tomorrow. happy birthday, 50th birthday. >> hi, america.

>> and any big plans? >> yeah, visiting new york city for two days. >> and being on national television, happy birthday to you. you don't look a day over 35. a look at the weather, start out west, if you want to cool down, the pacific northwest is an awesome choice. seattle today, only in the mid 60s, san francisco, sunshine and 74, warmer for los angeles and salt lake city. around the country as we fly to the southeast, flooding rainfall possible once again with more thunderstorms. atlanta today up near 90. dallas near triple digits and still cool for spokane with a high today of 71 degrees. phoenix and scattered thunderstorms and high of 107. that is yo

and that is your forecast. more birthdays. its your 60th? >> happy birth today to you. enjoy your day in new york city. back inside. >> happy birthday all of the way around. now, our recent story about the booming business of beauty pageants for toddlers and reality show dha follows them, it has struck a real nerve with our viewers. we decided to take a deeper look at a world where very young kids are beauty pageant stars and andrea canning you have been following this. and the reaction is overwhelming. >> our "gma" viewers like to speak their minds and swamped message boards after the first story on this topic last month. so we caught up with one of the pageant moms to get her reaction and we wanted to find out what life is like after the spotlight. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> reporter: nearly 15 years

ago, 5-year-old child beauty queen's brook breedwell and her arch rival asia mansure. >> we want many, many, many. >> reporter: were the focus of the documentary "painted babies." this 1995 pageant in atlanta, it kwleers how important winning was to brook's mother and how hard losing was for asia's. today, brook is all grown up. >> i was a mean little kid. i definitely had an attitude. i had it all going on. i was just there, wanting to be my best. i wanted to beat all of the little girls no matter what it took from me. everybody loves winning. that's what i loved, the prize. >> reporter: a sophomore at the university of tennessee says pageants did give her poise and self-confidence, the need to be the best took its toll. staying with her even today. >> pageants have been a lot stress and anxiety on my life. i feel the need to be perfect at

everything. >> reporter: she says they damaged the relationship with her mother, pam, who she says pushed her too hard. >> a lot of projects -- >> reporter: and live vicariously through her. that appears to be alive and well on the pageant circuit today where the stakes are even high we are more money, more bling and shows like tlc's "toddlers & tiaras" showcasing their beauty on national television. >> i don't want lipstick. >> she's having a diva moment. >> reporter: pageant mom mickey says she at times lives vicariously through hero 4-year-old who has been competing she was a year old. the wood family we introduced you to last month spent more than $70,000 on eden's passage ebt ent career and weekly spray tanning, professional photo sessions and coaching. some "gma" viewers were outraged by their story, so we caught up with them recently at this austin, texas, pageant to get their reaction. we had a huge response on our

message boards. some positive, a lot of it negative. as for you, who claim that 4-year-old tyrants are normal it is evident you live in a different world from the rest of human think of. >> my child is a 4-year-old little girl and that's just being a human. if you have a child, you know that they have moments. it might be in walmart rolling on the floor because they can't have a piece of candy. >> reporter: cheese children are being denied their childhoods because of their parents' need to fulfill their own dreams. >> it's not true. we live in the country, we play. we go to birthday parties. my child is not missing out on friends, on playing, on school. >> let's give them a round of plaus. >> reporter: still, winning is important and here in texas, eden is defending her crown for, her archrival this 5-year-old. >> they are running neck and neck. jejs are look at personality, facial beauty. they are looking at expressions,

overall appearance of the dress. the modelling ability. so, it's very, very hard competition, very stressful. this is going to be tough. >> reporter: judges say eden was tired and off her game but taralynn lost points for being too spray tanned. >> just the gujs' opinion. we've been too light, we've been too dark. finding that happy medium. you just never know. >> miss taralynn -- >> yeah! >> i'm disappointed. i wouldn't be a normal person if i wasn't a little bit disappointed. >> reporter: in the end, there was only one winner, taralynn. brook breedwell letters that disappointment well. she quit pages ents when she was 7 because of the pressure but wouldn't trade her past for anything. >> i think the most important thing in doing pageants is doing them for the right reason, know what you're doing them for and

focus on the skills you want to build on. >> as for brook's former archrival, asia, she's still competing today. there she is as an adult and says she dreams of becoming miss america. brook is studying to be a newscaster. says she doesn't keep up with asia but admits they were never really friends to begin with. >> when you were talk to the mom, you were in the austin pageant, i think part of the problem, force these little girls about beauty, being the focus on beauty and what did she say to you about that? >> she said it's game of dress-up and that the focus isn't all on beauty. in they were primping and looking in the the mirror all day there would be a problem. if she starts seeing eden becoming focused on beauty she'll put a stop to it. >> she claims it's dress-up and they do a lot of other things. >> thank you, again and you know

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>> reporter: they say you build up but tear down. so, in demolition you start at the top, whether you're doing a building with several floors or one floor like today. since the ceiling stays we'll start with the walls. and they show me how. you go in kind of like -- so i get an opening. you did it the right way. see, this is hard. see, i'm only getting a little piece, you're getting the big piece. first, peel off the wallpaper. then, the baseboard. all right. >> that wasn't that hard. >> i felt good about that. i was hurting on the wallpaper. finally, you knock out the sheetrock. >> now we'll cut this wallop with a bar. or dr dr. >> reporter: you don't want too much force or you'll break the wall. there is technique to everything. >> that's it. pull the sheetrock out. >> reporter: even when it looks like you're just tearing

something up. >> you don't have to bending your back all of the time. use the other end of the crowbar. use that end you don't have to use your back. >> reporter: right. how long do you have to train before you'll put them into a position? >> at least six months. >> reporter: six months? >> before i can see that they can actually take down a wall or ceiling. >> reporter: because what do you have to figure out about somebody? somebody can walk in, look like big as an ox. >> doesn't mean anything. >> the smallest guy will do more work. >> reporter: really? >> he uses his head. he takes a wall down a certain way, a big guy may come in and say, let me just knock it down. >> reporter: something i learned quickly. it's precision, not power. i think next tough job i'll do is food taster. a tough go for me. then i got to see the pros get to work. there goes the rest of the wall. the bathroom and the floors. and i'd already started breaking up the tiles with the floor chipper.

i put my foot next to it why? >> so it doesn't jump around. >> reporter: i was pretty good at that. >> good job, chris. >> reporter: and the crew cleared out the rest. it's so efficient, it's an assembly line. debris comes down, gets carried out. then, straight to the curb. it is physically exhausting. there's dust everywhere. one of the hazards of their work environment but in less than four hours they cleared out 1200 square feet. bar equipment -- gone. walls -- stripped. nothing left in the bathroom but head. no walls, no sink, you just a new canvas ready for the builder. >> whole new place here. >> reporter: a job well done by a tough group of guys. italians. using this was much more difficult than i thought. one more thing i don't do that

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boulevard, good news and bad news. the good news, the crash has been cleared out of the left lane and over to the shoulder. however, the delays begin back before mountain road. it will take significant time to make it down to the beltway. traffic heavy there as well. a lot of bailout traffic on philadelphia road and route 1, so take that into consideration. we're also working a crash on southbound 29 at old frederick road. shouldn't have too much impant on the commute. and the jfx at northern parkway, you can see traffic moving along nicely in both directions. joce has a morning news update next.

welcome back. here's a look at some of the local headlines we're following. senator ben cardin will be on the eastern shore today talking more about health care reform. yesterday, the senator hosted his second town hall meeting in hagerstown with a relatively controlled yet cautious crowd. cardin is not done pushing health care just yet. he plans to meet with more marylanders over the next couple of weeks. 59-year-old miss shirley folkes is back in her cherry hill home after a stray bullet blew through a window frame and lodged in her chest. it happened tuesday night after she returned home from collecting school supplies. miss shirley says she's even more committed to helping neighborhood children and that brings hope and inspiration to other community activists. they are planning a peace march and rally outside her home tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. constellation energy is helping to make baltimore cleaner and greener. mayor sheila dixon announced

constellation is investing $500,000 in the baltimore neighborhood energy challenge. the program will name energy captains in nearby baltimore neighborhoods to promote ways to reduce household energy use and recycling. you may want to steer clear of the columbia area on saturday. traffic delays are expected because of a concert at meri weather post pavilion. large clouds are expected to attend the fish reunion concert. little pax parkway closed from brokenland to south entrance road from 3:00 to 7:00. allow a lot of extra time for travel. on "good morning maryland" at 9:00 -- the credit crunch continues to be one of the biggest headaches for many of us. how you can lower the debt so you can relieve that headache. plus, how to combat violence in baltimore. the key may be talking to the kids. we're going to introduce to you a program that is trying to take back the streets by starting young. and are you a bride looking to shed those final pounds

before the big day, before your wedding? our own sherrie johnson shows us -- she's going to take us to a bridal boot camp of sorts. that and much more at 9:00. our next update is just 30 minutes away. see you then.

♪ >> you know you play well when the keyboard lights on fire. that is new singing sensation oksana grigorieva. very h we have her today, that video directed by the man in her life, you may know him, mel gibson. her first live television performance this morning. >> she's a little nervous backstage. i love that. she's a lovely person. a lovely talent and sharing that with us in a bit. alongside chris, i'm robin. diane has this thursday morning off. also ahead, what to look your best. don't want to pay a lot for it. check the fridge. we'll tell but secret beauty products you probably have right in your home. coca-cola, kool-aid, aspirin,

how they can help you get a whole new look. >> i'm a fan of kool-i'd. >> kool-aid here. >> also figure out to keep financial houses in order, we have top websites. mellody hobson takes us through great tips and won't cost you a cent. >> but first a special guest joining us. not here but in san antonio. look at the screen. boys and girls, that is joe jonas. of the jonas brothers. he's going to lead a fun run through the stoi raise money and awearsness for special olympics and jonas brother change for the children foundation. thank you so much for taking a moment to be with us. a lot of people of course thinking about special olympics these days with the passing of eunice kennedy shriver. tell us about your involvement today, joe. >> well, we're just here to raise awareness and money and especially, with the passing recently. it's more important to be here to kind of be an influence, a positive influence for these kids to be able to get the word

out oon more about special olympics. there is a young generation that is just learning about it and we can raise so much money and awareness for this. a fun run with a lot of people that turned out this morning, i'm very, very excited. >> tell us about that, i see you brought two tickets to gun show with thorning, you have the running top. what is the race and who is getting to run with you? it's called the joe jonas i win fun run and it was for anybody who wants to run. we have some special olympic olympians here with us today and we're going to do the run and it's going to be very excitingen ann i'm excited. there is a lot of people behind them it's awesome. >> could turn around so we can hear the screaming. just turn around and fist them again so we can hear them scream one more time. all that power. you and the brothers are so good about this and we appreciate what you're doing. we know it's special for you and

do you have the cap on for any reason? you got a hair cut. mike tyson got a hair cut on teen choice awards. >> thankfully it was a wig. but -- >> look at them. >> might have cut off a little hair. i'm not sure. >> even george lopez was upset about it. >> it's all for a great cause. >> classic faces out there. >> you're a good guy. thank you so much for being there. special olympians, give them a hug for us, too, and have a great time. all of the best to you. >> okay. >> here's the difference between a teen idol and me. watch this. ready? that cost me $1,500. >> they're good. >> that was good. didn't think you were going to do anything. i thought they weren't going to do anything. the joke failed. >> let's get to the weather, in for sam is meteorologist paul deanno from seattle station

komo. >> cloudy, humid morning in new york city but lots of folks out. if the jonas brothers were here we'd be 500 deep into times square. we're in the big apple, new york city but now we know it is answered exactly where the little apple is, and which is the little apple? >> in apple creek, ohio. >> apple creek, ohio, little apple, new york stit big apple and football season, folks from pittsburgh enjoying their super bowl victory. we got the terrible towel as steelers fan in new york this morning. weather maps and talk about the country. we're talking about a stall eed frontal boundary, storm not moving quickly, heavy rain likely in the carolinas and west, highs in the 60s in western washington. l.a., 82 and host once again in south texas. san antonio, 95.

>> this forecast brought to you by progressive insurance. if would you like to be in our crowd visit abcnews.com. >> we love when people visit. we wan go to high-price salons and spend a lot of money to look good but you don't know that simple house hold stuff, things already in your cabinets will do the trick and for less. here to tell us about it is amy, beauty director at "instyle." things that we have around the home. we'll bring in some makeup items first. >> the first item is highlighter, you can use any highlighter and simple contouring trick where you just put the highlighter on your nose, make a straight line and actually give you the illusion of a straighter nose. >> we all like that. >> and this right here. why do we have the hair dryer, blow dryer -- >> a great way to turn your lash

curler into basically a curling iron for your lashes. put about three seconds of heat on your lash curler and it will make the curl so much stronger and will also make it last longer. >> did you know that? we're getting some -- people -- coca-cola and mascara? how do the two go together? >> if you add a few drops of coke to a clumpy mascara it will thin out the formula without making it too watery. >> is it the syrup? >> exactly. if you put water it would ee vap wait but syrup makes it consist ensift mascara, buy you about an extra week of your mascara. >> what about aspirin? >>, the same reason it reduces swelling in your brain and you take it for a headache will reduce redness or swelling on your face, you mix it with water and make paste it breaks down to the acid that is the ingredient

in acne and redness treatments. >> it can help wuts skin? >> blotting papers is another surprising trick. it may sound gross but actually blotting papers are made from the same material, rather, toilet seat covers are made from the same material as blotting papers. >> this is a toilet seat cover. >> yeah. and the thing about a toilet seat cover is it's made from a very porous material so if you put it on your face it will soak the excess oil. >> a lot less expensive. >> very convenient. >> and it's free. no, you should do -- not that you should go through bathrooms and do that. no, no. what do you have here? >> a waif concocting your own dry shampoo. you mix a bit of baby poud we are a little bit of baking soda and the baking soda will absorb odors and powder will absorb any excess oil so it's great way to cover up roots and also dirty hair and add a little texture. >> so the same principle how we put baking soda in the

refrigerator for odors. in theory i see what you're going. we had to fight chris, his kids love kool-aid. >> we have another use. you just take a pinch of kool-aid and purple pigment in the product if you mix it with four table spoons of shampoo will counteragent brassiness in your hair. just basic color theory. purples and blues are opposite red and neutralize red in your highlig highlight. >> yellow and blue make green. only thing i know about the color. thank you, chris. thank you very much. you're with me right here. what's going on here? we're dealing with hair. sugar and what's in here? >> this is water. if you add a couple packets of sugar to water, shake it up, you can use it as volumizer, apply it to wet hair and when water e evapora evaporating, it will leave a sticky film on your hair which will function like a volumizer. the sticky film increases diameter of the hair making your hair look fuller and thicker.

>> that could save money, that adds up, volumizer. with nails? >> a lot of people, especially in summer you find that the nail polish gets on the lid and you can't open it. if you just put a rubber band on it will give you a grip. like those products you see on infomercials, the ez grip. you can just open it right up. >> very convenient. you'll save us some money here. a little mcgyver aren't you? >> guerrilla beauty tactics. >> thank you. we appreciate that. everybody at "instyle." get full list at abcnews.com. managing your money just a click away. and we'll show you how. explain.

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we're discussing some beauty tips, some of the things we would do. concern with the mascara and coca-cola because -- you know -- they couldn't stop talking during the commercial break. now we go to them, they're like -- all right. in these tough economic times a lot of people are concerned about money. how to pay the bills, how to find extra cash. you can save. there is help out there and it is free. absolutely free. i spoke with our financial contributor and the president of aerial investments, mellody hobson to learn about some of the best websites to balance the books. these financial websites, which are the best ones to use?

>> the one i'm mad for is called mint.com. this already has over 1 million users and named by money magazine as the best financial website. this is why i like it. you start off with an anonymous account. then you put in your user name and your passwords for all of your various accounts. it can be a bank account, a credit card account and investment account and it does this unbelievable analysis of your budgeting, of your spending, of your investment patterns and gives it back to new easy to read charts and graphs so you have a better sense of what you're doing. >> that sounds great but it does seem a bit risky. to put all your information into one place like that. >> they have bank-level internet security on this site. so, no different than if you're banking with a big bank and you're using all of your banking and doing your banking online. secondly, that you only give your name and your password on

your account, not your actual account numbers or anything like that. and then thirdly, you can't move any money through mint.com. you can only view the information. >> a lot of people cannot afford a financial planner. so is there something on the web or some service they could use? >> there is this website, it's free. it's called simplifi.net. virtual financial planner. they have a name for the person that helps you. she's sophie and you actually put in an approximatation of the account balances you have and nicknames for the account so you don't in the real account names or anything like that and you also define and try to establish what your goals are. then it helps you set up a real financial plan. with investments, budgeting information, savings, the whole kitkaboodle. here is the other thing i like, actually registered with the

securities and exchange commission. >> love that. >> the s.e.c., so it actually gets examined by the s.e.c. just like a human financial planner would. and so that you know they're following the rules that have been set by the government in terms of these issues. >> how about saving? >> yes. >> every day, every day life, some things we could do to help us out in saming? >> google has tip jar. is this -- tip jar is a site where users give, they submit their best ideas for saving money. so you can go to this site to find ideas, also to submit ideas. let me give you an example. now there is a discussion on site or a tip about giving a service instead of actual physical gift to someone if you have a gift to give and then gives you a alcohol list of ideas. somebody has a new baby, one night of baby-sitting. someone has a new homings offer to mow the lawn once. the other thing i like about this site, they ask the users to vote on their favorite ideas.

so the best ideas are front and center. you're not weeding through thousands of ideas to get to what you might real fliend effective. >> this was so helpful. thank you, mellody. you'll really help folks with this. >> and for more of mellody's top money tips go to our website at abcnews.com. we're excited about who is next. >> guess who's coming, oksana grigorieva, new music for us to enjoy. there she is. the fact

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mel gibson but this is about your music which is beautiful. tell me about the influence for this album. >> thank you, chris. the songs on "beautiful heartache" are about love. they are about different facets of love. battling nature of the human heart and as most songs written, most of the songs written about love, but and no exception. they are about unrequited love, joy of love, heartache and obsession. >> that's all of it. that takes us to all of it. everybody wants to hear it. this is beautiful. congratulations to you on the baby. >> thank you. >> i know you're expekting and fighting a cold, so thank you for being here. oksana grigorieva and title track from the debut cd "beautiful heartache." >> thank you. ♪

♪ there are lies i wouldn't tell no possessions i wouldn't sell ♪ ♪ no shades i wouldn't wear no cross i wouldn't bear ♪ ♪ there are no storms i wouldn't brave ♪ ♪ no addictions i wouldn't crave ♪ ♪ no dreams i wouldn't steal ♪ no heartache i wouldn't feel ♪ yes i would do anything ♪ commit any crime ♪ if i could spend nights with you just one night

♪ i love the way you wear your skin ♪ ♪ i love the way you wear your skin ♪ ♪ so tell me why should i begin ♪ i love the way you wear your skin ♪ ♪ there is no chance i wouldn't take ♪ ♪ no rule i wouldn't break ♪ no lessons i wouldn't learn ♪ no book i wouldn't burn ♪ there is no time i wouldn't waste ♪ ♪ to poison that i wouldn't taste ♪ ♪ like honey on your lips ♪ i would dance on your fingertips ♪

♪ ♪ yes i would do anything ♪ commit any crime ♪ if i could spend nights with you ♪ ♪ just one night ♪ so tell me what would it take to end this beautiful heartache ♪ ♪ and tell me why wh should i begin ♪ ♪ i love the way you wear your skin ♪ ♪ i love the way you wear your skin ♪ ♪ so tell me why should i begin

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we have kenny chesney coming up tomorrow in the park. and we're going to -- we have very special guests that are here. we'll make sure they get plenty of face time as we say bye-bye. have a great day. see you tomorrow. have a great day. see you tomorrow. see them all. captions by vitac rolling our way through the morning, there's a hint of mugginess out there. while the sun broke through

around the city we're still dealing with low clouds as fog tries to burn off north and west. around the bay fairly uniform. 71 manchester, columbia, reisterstown, 72 carney. we're looking he with the satellite and radar composite, not much rain but the frontal boundary draped around the bay and we're still close enough to have the cool air pushing in, in the northwestern counties, showers likely around the bay and especially eastern shore this afternoon. our two-degree guarantee 83. we drop back to the low 60s with a little more fog again tonight. our final check of the roads, here's kim. >> as we look at 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard you'll see a lot of that earlier traffic has cleared. the crash has been cleared completely and things are definitely easing up some as you make your way to the 695 and 895 split. a crash still remaining southbound route 29 at old frederick road. a couple of crashes in the city, perring parkway at taylor

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